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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
almost
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
amphitheatre
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From this reading Over the western wall of the circling amphitheatre the sun was setting.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
bars
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
beauty
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
blue
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
break
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From this reading Far down to the left was the break in the wall through which the river ran on its way to join the Mississippi.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
circling
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From this reading Over the western wall of the circling amphitheatre the sun was setting.
clouds
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From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
Coollies
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
crimson
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
dazzling
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
down
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From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
dreaming
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
drifting
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From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
eyes
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
Far
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From this reading Far down to the left was the break in the wall through which the river ran on its way to join the Mississippi.
far-off
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
few
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From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
flamed
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
gazed
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
gold
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
grass
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
green
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From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
heart
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Far down to the left was the break in the wall through which the river ran on its way to join the Mississippi.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
join
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From this reading Far down to the left was the break in the wall through which the river ran on its way to join the Mississippi.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Far down to the left was the break in the wall through which the river ran on its way to join the Mississippi.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
like
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
luscious
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
man
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
Mississippi
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From this reading Far down to the left was the break in the wall through which the river ran on its way to join the Mississippi.
mist
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
narrower
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Over the western wall of the circling amphitheatre the sun was setting.
older
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Over the western wall of the circling amphitheatre the sun was setting.
pain
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
peaks
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
pleasure
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
purple
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
purpled
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From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
ran
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From this reading Far down to the left was the break in the wall through which the river ran on its way to join the Mississippi.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
river
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From this reading Far down to the left was the break in the wall through which the river ran on its way to join the Mississippi.
rounded
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
scattering
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From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
scene
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
setting
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From this reading Over the western wall of the circling amphitheatre the sun was setting.
shadows
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From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
shot
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
silent
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
sliding
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From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
slopes
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From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
spoke
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
streamed
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
sun
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From this reading Over the western wall of the circling amphitheatre the sun was setting.
sunlight
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
swelled
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Over the western wall of the circling amphitheatre the sun was setting.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
thousand
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Far down to the left was the break in the wall through which the river ran on its way to join the Mississippi.
times
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Far down to the left was the break in the wall through which the river ran on its way to join the Mississippi.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
upper
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
velvety
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From this reading The dazzling sunlight flamed along the luscious velvety grass, and shot amid the rounded, distant purple peaks, and streamed in bars of gold and crimson across the blue mist of the narrower upper Coollies.
wall
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From this reading Over the western wall of the circling amphitheatre the sun was setting.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Over the western wall of the circling amphitheatre the sun was setting.
way
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From this reading Far down to the left was the break in the wall through which the river ran on its way to join the Mississippi.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
west
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From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
western
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From this reading Over the western wall of the circling amphitheatre the sun was setting.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A few scattering clouds were drifting on the west wind, their shadows sliding down the green and purpled slopes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
young
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From this reading The heart of the young man swelled with pleasure almost like pain, and the eyes of the silent older man took on a far-off, dreaming look, as he gazed at the scene which had repeated itself a thousand times in his life, but of whose beauty he never spoke.
